On the 15th March the imperial commissaries announced to the diet that the last resolution of Spire, which left each state free to act in conformity with the inspirations of its conscience, having given rise to great disorders, the Emperor had annulled it by virtue of his supreme power. This arbitrary act, and which had no precedent in the Empire, as well as the despotic tone with which it was accompanied, filled the evangelical Christians with indignation and alarm. "Christ," exclaimed Sturm, "has again fallen into the hands of Caiaphas and Pilate."[152] [152] Christus est denuo in manibus Caiaphi et Pilati.--(Jung Beyträge, p. 4.) [Sidenote: RESOLUTIONS OF THE DIET.] A commission was charged to examine the imperial proposition. The Archbishop of Salzburg, Faber, and Eck, that is to say, the most violent enemies of the Reformation, were among its members. "The Turks are better than the Lutherans," said Faber, "for the Turks observe fast-days and the Lutherans violate them.[153] If we must choose between the Holy Scriptures of God and the old errors of the Church, we should reject the former."[154] "Every day in full assembly Faber casts some new stone against the Gospellers," says Melancthon.[155] "Oh, what an Iliad I should have to compose," added he, "if I were to report all these blasphemies!" [153] Vociferatus est Turcos Lutheranis meliores esse.--(Corp. Ref. p. 1041.) [154] Malle abjicere scripturam quam veteres errores Ecclesiæ.--(Ibid. p. 1046.) [155] Faber lapidat nos quotidie pro concione.--(Ibid.)